Hydraulic blood aspirator for embalming



Feb. 8, 1927. 1,617,254

a. H. HURST; JR HYDRAULIC BLOOD ASPIRATOR FOR EMBALMING Filed April 5, 1926 IWITNESSB INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 8, 1927.

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jApplication filed April 3,1926. 'SeriaINo. 99,561.

This invention relates toapparatus employed in connection withembalming and has particular reference to a device for facilitating the draining of blood from the veins and arteries of corpses, the same being in the nature of an improvement over a similar device set forth in my prior United States Letters Patent No. 1,266,47 7 granted May 14:, 1918.

In the prior patent the construction and arrangement necessitates the use of a bottle or receptacle of a particular structure, namely, he provision of an outlet or dischargenipple in the bottom which of necessity entailed an unnecessary expense.

As an object the present invention eliminates the necessity of employing a bottle or receptacle of an' unusual design and permits of the use of one of an ordinary design by virtue of the fact that the water or other fluid employed for the purpose of setting up, an aspiratory action is siphoned from the container or receptacle through the regular neck or top. v

As a further object the invention aims to provide a strainer for the siphon intake which prevents clots or other solid matter from entering the siphon and clogging the trap.

With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had to the following specification and accompanying drawings in which there is exhibited one example or embodiment of the invention'which is in no way intended as a limitation upon the scope of the appended claims as it is to be clearly understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of said claims may be resorted to when found expedient.

In the drawings, the figure is aside view of the device with the strainer and receptacle illustrated in section. 7

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates a receptacle, such as a bottle of any ordinary well-known design, having a neck 11 at its upper end. A

conduit or tube 13 which has connected therewith a flexible conduit or hose 14 provided with a valve 15. siphon tube 16 also, 7 passes through the stopper 12 with the gooseneck 17 at its upper" end connected with a depending flexible hose or conduit 18in which is provideda loop-19 constituting a "trap; Y Theslowerzend of the siphon tube 16 is preferably closed? and'formed with a -plurality of 'radial'apertures 20. A strainer 21 preferably of a mesh material in cylindrical form surrounds the siphon tube 16, rests on the bottom of the receptacle or bar 10 and terminates adjacent the upper end of the receptacle. 7 I I Under this construction and arrangement, it is' ob'vious that in operation when the receptacle 10 is filled with water and the free end of the conduit 14 is inserted in a vein or artery and the water is withdrawnby a siphonic action from the receptacle 10,"a' suction will be created for drawing and draining the blood from the corpse; vthe siphonic action continuing to drain the veins and arteries until they are free from blood.

Any clots or solid matter will be prevented 7 from possibly reaching and clogging the siphon and trap by virtue of the strainer 21. a

cial construction is eliminated, thereby reducing the cost of production of the device.

What is claimed is:

1. Al hydraulic aspirator for draining blood from a corpse, comprising a receptacle having an opening at its upper end, a stopper for closing said opening to hermetically seal the receptacle, a valved conduit extending through said stopper, and a siphon having its shorter leg extending through saidv stopper and provided with a trap in its longer leg disposed below receptacle.

the bottom of the 2. A hydraulic aspirator for draining blood from a corpse, comprising a receptacle having an opening at its'upper end, a stopper for closing said opening to hermetically seal the receptacle, a valved conduit extending through said stopper adapted to be connected with a device inserted in the artery of the corpse, and a siphon having its shorter leg extending through said stopper and provided with a trap in its longerleg disposed v below the bottom of the receptacle, whereby upon siphoning of water from vthe recepj tacle, a suction is produced in said receptacle for draining the blood from the corpse.

3. In a hydraulic blood aspirator foruse in embalming corpses, a sealed vessel adapted to contain water, aconduit adapted to lead therefrom toan artery of a corpse, a

- siphon connected with said vessel for draining 01f :the water whereby to set up a vacuum within the vessel to drain the blood from the corpse, anda strainer covering the end of the leg of the siphon disposed Within the vessel, as and for the purpose specified.

4. A hydraulic aspirator for; draining blood from a corpse, comprising a receptacle having an opening at its upper end, a stopper for closing said opening to hermetically seal the receptacle, a valved conduit-extending. through said stopper, a siphon having its shorter leg extending-through saidstop- 4 per and. provided with atrapi in its longer leg, disposed below the bottom ofthe receptacle, and a cylindrical. foraminated element surrounding the shorter leg of the siphon disposed Within the vessel to constitute a strainer therefor.

5 In a hydraulic blood aspirator for use in embalming corpses, a sealed vessel adapt-' corpse. v

GEORGE H. HURST, -JR. 

